JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Distribution System Planning: Load forecasting, Power Quality parameters, Choice of systems for different consumers, Planning Criteria, Standards, System layout.

UNIT - II

Distribution lines / cables: Towers/Poles, Stay wires; Conductor - Types, Characteristics & selection; Underground Cables - Selection, laying, cable box and jointing; Earth wire; Insulators & hardware fittings; Distributors, Feeders, Services Mains (LV, MV, HV); Clearances; Pole-mounted sub-stations and its location; Earthing HT & LT poles/supports; Selection & fixing of control devices.

UNIT - III

Distribution Sub-Stations: Types, General Arrangement, Layout, Bus-bar arrangements; Sub-station equipment – Construction details, selection and specification of equipment (distribution transformer, Circuit Breakers, etc.); Auxiliary Systems; Earthing of sub-station equipment; Basic operational aspects of equipments/systems.

UNIT - IV

Distribution Losses and Efficient Energy Management: Classification, Causes and Calculation of power losses; Methods of reducing power losses and Anti- theft measures; Causes and cures for breakdowns, tripping and fluctuations in distribution system; System voltage drops and improvements; Distribution transformer failures – causes & remedies; Demand Side Management (DSM), HVDS, Energy efficiency monitoring and corrective measures.

UNIT - V

Meters & Metering: Meters/Indicators – Types & Function; Metering system; Location of meters; Testing & Setting of meters/indicators; Latest development in metering technologies. Cost Economics / Commercial Aspects: Cost Engineering, Costing & Control, Estimation, Estimate for providing service (LT/HT) connections; Tariff structure & types, Rational & Competitive tariff, Energy Accounting, Energy Billing and Revenue realization.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Power Distribution Engineering: Fundamentals and Applications/ Burke James, J./ Marcel Dekker Inc./1996.
• 2. Power Distribution Planning Reference Book/ H. Lee Willis/ Marcel Dekker, Inc.
• 3. Electric Power Distribution Engineering/ Turan Gonen/McGraw Hill.
• 4. Modern Trends and Practices in Power Sub-Transmission and Distribution Systems/Volumes I & II, / N. K. Jangalwa/ Central Board of Irrigation and Power/ 1996. M. Tech – I Year – II Sem. (PPE&EM) POWER PLANT SIMULATION LAB Simulation of Following Power Plant Equipment / Processes using LAB VIEW / Flownex or any other flow network simulation software
• 1. Solar Energy Monitoring and Control
• 2. Wind Turbine condition monitoring
• 3. Thermal Energy Storage Systems
• 4. Gas Turbine Power generation process
• 5. Steam Turbine Power generation process
• 6. Environmental Pollution
• 7. Nuclear Power Plant Simulation.
• 8. Hydro Electric Power generation